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Danilo Kiš

1935 - 1989

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Danilo Kiš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш; born Dániel Kiss; 22 February 1935 – 15 October 1989) was a Yugoslav and Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danilo Kiš has received more than 220,197 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Danilo Kiš is the 973rd most popular writer (down from 886th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Serbia (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Serbian Writer.

Danilo Kiš is most famous for his novel, "A Tomb for Boris Davidovich."

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Danilo Kiš ranks 973 out of 5,755. Before him are James Brendan Connolly, Donna Leon, Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Vittoria Colonna, Paulinus of Nola, and Henry Fielding. After him are Daniel Keyes, Zeami Motokiyo, Persius, Prudentius, William Gibson, and Lucius Accius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Danilo Kiš ranks 44. Before him are David Harvey, Jim Peebles, Jerry Lee Lewis, William Friedkin, Satoshi Ōmura, and Sylvia Earle. After him are Mylène Demongeot, Wim Duisenberg, Masahito, Prince Hitachi, Ei-ichi Negishi, Ernesto Laclau, and Harrison Schmitt. Among people deceased in 1989, Danilo Kiš ranks 46. Before him are Guy Williams, Bruce Chatwin, Sugar Ray Robinson, Michel Aflaq, Princess Deokhye, and Ahmadou Ahidjo. After him are Irving Stone, Irving Berlin, John Payne, Lucille Ball, Cornel Wilde, and Graham Chapman.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Danilo Kiš ranks 53 out of 564. Before him are Mihajlo Pupin (1858), Aleksandar Ranković (1909), Dragan Džajić (1946), Bora Milutinović (1944), Milena Dravić (1940), and Aleksandar Vučić (1970). After him are Vesna Vulović (1950), Dragan Stojković (1965), Mihailo Obrenović (1823), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Radomir Putnik (1847), and Branislav Nušić (1864).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Danilo Kiš ranks 3. Before him are Vuk Karadžić (1787) and Milorad Pavić (1929). After him are Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Branislav Nušić (1864), Radoje Domanović (1873), Desanka Maksimović (1898), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Isidora Sekulić (1877), Vasko Popa (1922), and Đura Jakšić (1832).

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